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Congress set for votes on trade bills next week
October 6, 2011 9:10 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) - Congress is set to approve free trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama next week. The House Rules Committee has voted on procedures for taking up the long-delayed agreements, the last step before they go to the House floor. The House is expected to begin the... more » -
Senate GOP blocks hearing on free trade bills
June 30, 2011 3:40 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Republicans have blocked a hearing on three trade bills because they don't want to link the deals to an extension of a program that retrains workers hurt by foreign trade. Thursday's hearing was set for Senate Finance Committee. At issue were long-stalled trade agreements with... more » -
Bill changing state pensions up for vote
January 25, 2010 6:00 PM
A plan to keep the state's pension system from going bankrupt is set to get its first hearing at the Capitol. Senate President Brandon Shaffer and Senate Minority Leader Josh Penry are backing the bill and expect it to pass its first vote in the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday.... more » -
Analysis: Health care reform will cost families extra $1,700 per year
October 12, 2009 12:47 PM
The health insurance industry, which has worked with Congress on trying to reform health care in this country, released a report Sunday night saying that the bill scheduled for a vote Tuesday would cost the average American family an extra $1,700 a year to start--with the cost escalating in the... more » -
Senate panel rejects public health plans
September 29, 2009 5:33 PM
Liberal Democrats have tried twice, and failed both times, to make a government-run insurance option part of the health care legislation coming out of the Senate Finance Committee. There's bipartisan agreement that private insurance companies must change their ways, and some Democrats see the public option as a way to... more » -
Senators spar over health care bill's effect on seniors
September 23, 2009 1:30 PM
The second day of the Senate Finance Committee's debate over health-care legislation is off to a slow start. Republicans and Democrats are arguing over whether the bill would hurt seniors. Republicans contended that $500 billion in proposed cuts to Medicare providers over a decade would surely reduce patients' benefits. Democrats... more »
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